I enjoyed both of these, both had some haymakers and a few lines that hit. They both flowed pretty evenly after reading it a second time. BOB for me was the File attachment, many quotables on both sides. FV fellas and good shit may the best win!

Epic. Dooope shit.  Be back

Expo:

1). He said I "robbed" him of the LBT title where I beat him fair and square. He used this same scheme against me and lost. I say "my Instructor" because he gave me advice and things of that nature. In yoga classes you have an Instructor as well. Canivis/Mats is what you often do yoga on.

2). Sugarland was in Indiana and the state collapsed due to a huge storm.

3). Wade as in Dewayne Wade, who is a ball hog on the basketball court.

4). Rohann posted his personal info on lb and called Lock's house and harrassed his girl and family. Rumor has it Roh fucked her. When thread was made Lockhart left the site and didnt come back til Roh's permaban.

I will definately be back to vote on this. I have alot of reading to do 

This is a great battle and a difficult one to judge. I edge this to Jimmy mainly because Rai lost me in the middle portion of his verse.

I don't think it's hugely offensive to say someone deals drugs or even to say they skim from them. Then you completely contradicted the narrative by writing a line about how he doesn't really deal drugs. The personals at the end redeemed some of the loss of steam though. 

I thought Jimmy's opener was a fantastic concept although the execution wasn't as smooth as I would have liked. There were definitely a couple of notable bars, I liked a few of the concepts I hadn't heard before. The Japanese war vet bar was nice and Rai unintentionally fed into that bar with all of the drug talk. I guess if I had to give any constructive criticism I would say I would have liked a little more readability and personality. 

I've been ducking voting on this battle for the longest only because I've re-read it plenty and I still find it close. This was a definite titan clash. Rai coming in with heavy scheme giving me some strong UA like vibes, Jim with the simple one two bars like boxer focusing on fundamentals. Basically the way Rai had his verse so smoothly executed with a continuous scheme and nicely executed bars... the only way Jim would win this is with bigger punch power which unfornately wasn't there consistent enough. Both had clean execution imo but I got Rai taking this and edging it out based on carrying a scheme and just have a FEW punches I liked a TINY bit better. Nice slobber knocker guys, high rates for hotlist.

Wtf man a 32...before I start I hope you know reading this shit almost cost me my marriage after finally finishing & looking up I realized it had been months later & I forgot to buy the misses an anniversary gift- with that being said I believe this Shit was totally worthy of an almost divorce 😂... Dope shit from both sides & ALOT and I mean ALOT of filler and light jabs from both(but expect that from long reads like this) Jeezy laweez niggas but I'll spar you the long talk and just highlight the hot shit like the old days whoever has the most lines highlighted wins Btw I realized the filler is part of the build up ok  but sometimes it's like 4 lines lol

JIMMY Hoffa

I don't care if he claims he's The One, he better start SAVIN' THE GIMMICKS, even if he "falls back", he'll have to "dodge these bullets" like what The MATRIX DEPICTED! Sniper-fire'll make this guy-retire from how he's MAKIN' A LIVIN', why should I care what you-do, dog? Ya just a "Voodoo-Doll" cause when a "couple points are BREAKIN' YA SKIN? IT'S clear I'll have ya in PAIN FROM A DISTANCE"! That Tag loss to Seul & I? You should've been MAD AS SHIT AT BLEU, but we "took the shot, and ya got in ya feelings" like Embiid when Kawhi stepped BACK & HIT THE 2! Takin' shit too serious gotcha lookin' SAD 'N IT'S THE TRUTH, "tellin' everyone it's not a game" like A.I.'s "We Talkin' Bout PRACTICE" INTERVIEW! face it: I don't think his bars are "mean", I just deFINE 'EM AS "AVERAGE", he's just "in the middle of the road, goin' nowhere fast" like a person FIGHTIN' THE TRAFFIC with no hope of TRYIN' TO PASS IT! So gunshot wounds'll put 'em on a VICODIN HABIT when a "couple clicks'll get 'em opened up" like a FILE ATTACHMENT! And the way ya robbed MadVerbs? That was some TRAGIC SHIT TO SEE cause you had "more problems stoppin' that onslaught from BURD" than MAGIC & KAREEM when Larry was in his BAG & SWISHIN' 3'S! Got LBT off a no-show, but I've helped ya PAD WITH A COUPLE ASSISTS, so that "elephant in the room got ya voters divided" like a scandal that HAS THE REPUBLICANS SPLIT! Ya title run's like a roid-raged body-builder that got MASSIVE FROM HUNDREDS OF LIFTS cause ya "needed some juice to get a body and only HAVE IT BECAUSE OF A JIM"!

Rai

& our last LBT match? I had you "on the mats; bent outta shape" while you were "SCOPING BITCHES, LIFTING WEIGHTS FOR MASS..." & "My Instructor Got Took Out In The Long Stretch" fast as "YOGA FITNESS: IF YOU DATE IN CLASS!!" (No Homo)/You might've been the DOPEST SPITTING IN THE ANCIENT PAST, but the way you "Keep Stretching What Comes To You...?" it's as if you have "COKE THAT'S SHIPPED IN FROM A GANSTER'S LAB!" Coz you don't know when to "Butt In Or Butt Out," but when the "SMOKE IS LIFTED YOU WILL FADE TO ASH," & while votes are coming in, "We'll ROLL A SWISHA FROM YOUR LATEST BAG" Meaning. You'll be "Lucky If You Sneak In & Take What's Mine" like when your "OLDER SISTER COMES TO RAID YOUR STASH!!!"/ Been bragging about taking this win, even THOUGH YOUR SHIT IS A PARADE OF TRASH Now you've "Put Yourself In Deep Water For That Large Mouth," more than "POLES FOR FISHING ON A LAKE FOR BASS where you have to FLOAT A DISTANCE IN THE WAVES TO CAST!!"/ Rohaan PHONED THE DIGITS TO YOUR PLACE TO CRASH It was "So Low Of You To Step Down..." suPPOSE YOU'RE LIVING IN A BASEMENT HATCH! Coz he went to the LB forums: POSTED PICTURES: PUT YOUR NAME ON BLAST... "A Bloody Mess Of Your Short Commings" but he ain't "CHOKED A MIDGIT TIL IT'S BRAINS EXRACT!!"/ & When ROH INSISTED HE WAS BANGING NAT?? Said she's quarterback staus: How she'll "HOLD POSITIONS 'TIL SHE TAKES THE SACK!" 

This shit close at as you can see...damn you niggas...I believe Jimmy took this you welcome my fairs in niggas high rates for putting in the work thanks for the read

This was a great read actually. Pretty even here.. I was swayed by the standout punch... great battle fellas!

Great title match here. Appreciate both dudes showing out for this one. Ima just be blunt and short here since neither of you needs a bunch of feed for what you’re working on. I thought Rai handicapped himself a bit with sticking to one scheme and I think it got a bit stretched out in parts. I think overall punch quality lacked too due to restraining yourself to this scheme. But, scheming a 32 is still impressive and had some good personal type lines in here too. Lock was a bit weaker than normal in his punches tbh but I still think he has the better lines and mixed the flow up a bit which I think actually helped let his shit breathe. I think Rai could have taken this easily if his whole verse was more like the ending sequence. But Lock was just a bit crisper and harder hitting overall. Respect to both and I appreciate you guys putting on a show for this LBT match.

goddamn this battle was fire very close shit this was hard af to call but I'm rolling with the more creative verse to me herewith the slightly better punches and wordplay my fair isntossed fellas both winners here tbh 

throwing dimes, good to see 32s  again, by two dope battlers.... i gotta say, im a bit disappointed in both,, the concepts to flips didnt seem that clever, more matter of fact, and straight forward. a few were passable, like the banged on the  bench, and clicks to open up. but crews wordplay is very played already,  just not that creative imo.. rai, same issue..  punches werent overly creative either.. i wold probably give you the sugarland bars , and poles for fishing.. so with that being said, being that both fell a bit short punch wise, i give the edge to rai, for sustaining such a long multi thruout the whole verse.. although you sacrificed alot of cleanliness in wording, i think that was very ballsy to attempt it, and with your punches i give you the edge.. great battle.. but thats where im leaning

Both were 🔥🔥🔥🔥 this is what a title match should look like! Imma keep this brief as writers and audio cats you are 2 of the best on the site lock you got busy here my favorite stretch from you was "Thought he'd take out the KILLERS., but I won't see this FAGGOT GRIP THE DEAG, only way he'd see the "crew's goin' down with multiple arms"? Is as a KRAKEN IN THE SEA with a giant ship he SMASHED TO SMITHEREENS! And the way ya robbed MadVerbs? That was some TRAGIC SHIT TO SEE cause you had "more problems stoppin' that onslaught from BURD" than MAGIC & KAREEM when Larry was in his BAG & SWISHIN' 3'S!" dope shit. Rai i mean seriously a 9 syllable scheme for a 32? Impressive and the content is there as well " You might've been the DOPEST SPITTING IN THE ANCIENT PAST, but the way you "Keep Stretching What Comes To You...?" it's as if you have "COKE THAT'S SHIPPED IN FROM A GANSTER'S LAB!" Coz you don't know when to "Butt In Or Butt Out," but when the "SMOKE IS LIFTED YOU WILL FADE TO ASH," & while votes are coming in, "We'll ROLL A SWISHA FROM YOUR LATEST BAG" Meaning. You'll be "Lucky If You Sneak In & Take What's Mine" like when your "OLDER SISTER COMES TO RAID YOUR STASH!!!" bars of the battle there. Much respect to both rollin with the champ on this felt like he just brought more to the table fairs in💯

I thought this was a close battle, with solid verses from both battlers, although I've seen both do much better in the past. I gave it to Lock here because I thought that his punches were more cleanly executed, and that the concepts behind them were more consistent.

Rai, I liked your yoga instructor bar, and felt that it set the tone well for your better bars. However, the bar immediately before it made very little sense to me. What does "the strokes ya giving are a shade of black" mean? I get that its a painting metaphor, but I don't get what "black strokes" means outside of painting and why its a punch, even though you expoed the bar. Overall this was the general theme of your verse – some really nice highlights (I thought your bass fishing line was your best and a contender for botb; the Rohaan personal set was mostly well-executed and generally managed to avoid the typical cliches of Lock personals, the closing line was well-executed and made a nice finish) but they were hampered by a number of lines that didn't make sense (like the "short commings" line) which ultimately cost you readability/understandability, wasted some of your lines and prevented you from winning. The cadence/stress in multies feedback I'm about to give Lock also applies to your verse, although it wasn't a factor in you losing.

Jimmy Hoffa, this was by no means a bad verse, but I was disappointed. Normally you have a plethora of unpredictable and entertaining punches, but here I thought you only brought a couple. Your kraken bar was botb imo, and your Japanese war vets and Travel the Northwest lines were also solid, but many of your other bars here were predictable (like the Matrix line). They were still well-executed and had decent concepts, it just felt a bit less fresh/original/unexpected than your usual standard. Also, both battlers suffered from some multies where I didn't feel the cadence/stressing-of-syllables matched. An example in your verse JH was "makin a livin/breakin ya skin? its". When I was reading through it it seemed like there should naturally be a pause between "skin" and "its", and that "its" should be stressed whereas "-in'" isn't. Having re-looked at it extensively I think I see where you were coming from, but having the multi cross betwen sentences really fucked with my head when it came to the cadence, and there were a couple of other points in both verses where for the same or other reasons I didn't feel like your multies matched up on this front.

Good battle, made for an interesting read, good luck next month to either to whoever is LBT Champion then!

KILLERS.